BIT Management Information System
Management Information System
Subject Code: BIT353
Course Title: Management Information System
Course No: BIT353
Nature of Course: Theory & Practical
Full Marks: 100
Pass Marks: 40
Credit Hours: 3
Course Description
Course Objective
Course Contents
Unit 1: Information Systems in Global Business Today (3 Hrs.)
What's New in Management Information System?, Globalization Challenges and Opportunities: A Flattened World, The Emerging Digital Firm, Strategic Business Objectives of Information System, Information System and its Dimensions, Business Perspective on Information Systems, Complementary Assets, Academic Disciplines used to Study Information Systems, Sociotechnical Systems
Unit 2: Global Business and Collaboration (6 Hrs.)
Business Process and their Relationship to Information System, Systems for Different Management Groups, Systems for Linking the Enterprise, E-business, E-commerce, and E-government, Collaboration, Social Business, and Benefits, Building Collaborative Culture and Business Processes, Tools and Technologies for Collaboration and Social Business, Information Systems Function in a Business – Information Systems Department, Organizing Information Systems Function
Unit 3: Information Systems, Organization, and Strategy (8 Hrs.)
Organization and its Features, Impact of Information System on Organizations – Economic Impacts, Organization and Behavioral Impacts, Internet and Organizations, and Implications for Design and Understanding of Information Systems, Porter's Competitive Forces Model, Dealing with Competitive Forces using Information Systems, Internet's Impact on Competitive Advantage and Business Value Chain Model, Challenges Posed by Strategic Information System
Unit 4: Ethical and Social Issues in Information Systems (7 Hrs.)
Ethical, Social, and Political Issues raised by Information Systems – Model, Five Moral Dimensions, Key Technology Trends that Raise Ethical Issues, Responsibility, Accountability, and Liability, Ethical Analysis, Candidate Ethical Principles, Professional Codes of Conduct, Real World Ethical Dilemmas, Information Right, Property Right, Accountability, Liability, System Quality, Quality of Life, Health Risks
Unit 5: Foundations of Business Intelligence (8 Hrs.)
File Organization and Problems with Traditional File Environment, DBMS and its Capabilities, Designing Databases, Nonrelational Databases, Cloud Databases, and Blockchain, Tools and Technologies for accessing Information from Databases to Improve Business Performance and Decision Making, Big Data Challenges, Business Intelligence Infrastructure, Analytical Tools, Assuring Data Quality
Unit 6: Key System Applications for Digital Age (7 Hrs.)
Enterprise Systems, Enterprise Software and Business Value of Enterprise Systems, Supply Chain Management System and Software, Business Value of Supply Chain Management System, Customer Relationship Management System and Software, Business Value of CRM, Challenges of Enterprise Applications, Role of Knowledge Management System in Business, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning, Uses of AI in Business, Knowledge Work Systems
Unit 7: Enhancing Decision Making (6 Hrs.)
Types of Decisions, Decision Making Process, Business Value of Improved Decision Making, Information System, Management Activities, and Management Decision Making, Business Intelligence and Business Analytics Support for Decision Making, Decision Support for Operational, Middle and Senior Management with Business Intelligence
Reference Books
- Laudon, Kenneth C. and Jane P. Laudon. Management Information Systems: Managing the Digital Firm. 17th ed. Pearson, 2022.
- Frick, Eric. Information Technology Essentials: Introduction to Information Systems, Volume 1, 2017.
- O'Brien, James and George Marakas. Management Information Systems. 10th ed. McGraw Hill.
